Owner of St. Louis-Area Gas Station Shot to Death

BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS (AP) - The owner of a St. Louis-area gas station is dead after an apparent holdup.

Irshad Khan was found Saturday night on the floor of the office of his Conoco station in Bellefontaine Neighbors. Police were called to the store after a customer reported that no one seemed to be there.

Police were searching for a person of interest based on surveillance video footage.

Khan was 63 and was described those who knew him as friendly and generous.